Bridging the gap: feminist theory and practice reality in work with the perpetrators of child sexual abuse

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-129

  Lancaster, ^a   Lumb, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child sexual abuse; feminist theory; social work intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGIC; MALE; OFFENDER; PHYSICIAN; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SOCIAL WORK; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOUCH; WORKER;

EID: 84937189020     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2206.1999.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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